Children are frequently manipulative and scheming, but not enough. It ought to be possible for adults to bond with them and encourage this tendency by reading the works of Machiavelli to them at bedtime. Sadly, the attention span of a child is such that they find the works of the great man somewhat
tedious.

Solution: A comic book version of Machiavelli. That way the kids can understand and be stimulated by his ideas, becoming ever more manipulative and scheming, until they rule their households, their schools, their playgrounds and wherever else they happen to frequent.

Action Philosophers Issue 4http://www.comicboo...osophers/ap4-fc.jpgI've read another issue, and ... while it's the kind of thing that really appeals to me, there's only so much you can do with the form. [jutta, May 16 2008]

Wonderful. A colourful, engaging pop-up book that will turn them to the Dark Side and show them How To Give In To Their Hate (with step-by-step diagrams). For older children, Build Your Own Death Star .....